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Anthony Calf

Actor

Anthony Calf

Born May 4, 1959 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK34 films

Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor with an extensive career across theatre, television, and film. Born in 1950s London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) before making his professional screen debut in the early 1980s.

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Calf is widely recognized for his roles in prominent period dramas and feature films, including Great Expectations (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Anna Karenina (1997), and The Children Act (2017). On television, his notable credits include Pride and Prejudice (1995) and New Tricks. In addition to his screen work, Calf has maintained a distinguished career in British theatre, performing regularly with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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De Gaulle: Résistance posterFirst watchDe Gaulle: Résistance20267.8as SpearsJune, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what…View film

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The Man Who Knew Infinity poster7.2The Man Who Knew Infinity2016The Children Act poster6.6The Children Act2018I Came By poster6.3I Came By2022De Gaulle: Liberté poster7.8De Gaulle: Liberté2026The Madness of King George poster6.8The Madness of King George1994Anna Karenina poster6.1Anna Karenina1997FairyTale: A True Story poster6.4FairyTale: A True Story1997King Lear poster6.0King Lear2018

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 2026De Gaulle: LibertéSpears
  2. 2026De Gaulle: RésistanceSpears
  3. 2025A Teacher's GiftCharles
  4. 2023PartygateSir Mark Sidwell
  5. 2023Sisi & IEarl Spencer
  6. 2022I Came BySuperintendent William Roy
  7. 2018The Children ActMark Berner
  8. 2018King LearDuke of Albany
  9. 2016The Man Who Knew InfinityHoward
  10. 2015National Theatre Live: The Hard ProblemJerry
  11. 2013Private LivesVictor Prynne
  12. 2007StraightheadsHeffer
  13. 2006Perfect Day: The MillenniumMichael
  14. 2006Beau Brummell: This Charming ManDuke of York
  15. 2005The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan DoyleBryan Charles Walker
  16. 2005Dead CoolMark
  17. 2004The Hotel In AmsterdamGus
  18. 2003The Brides in the BathHoward Munday
  19. 2003Doc Martin and the Legend of the CloutieTim Bowden
  20. 2003Lucky JimCecil Goldsmith
  21. 2002The Falklands PlayRobin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
  22. 2001Lorna DooneTom Faggus
  23. 1999A Woman of the NorthHugo Aylva
  24. 1997FairyTale: A True StoryGeoffrey Hodson
  25. 1997Anna KareninaSerpuliovskoy
  26. 1997My Night with RegJohn
  27. 1994The Madness of King GeorgeFitzroy
  28. 1993RidersBilly Lloyd-Foxe
  29. 1991Absolute HellDouglas Eden
  30. 1987Mary RoseSimon
  31. 1986The Fools on the HillLeslie Mitchell
  32. 1984Oxford BluesGareth Rycroft
  33. 1984To Catch a KingButterfly Man
  34. 1982Doctor Who: The VisitationCharles